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So, What Is the Best Lineup, Anyway?
August 08, 2009 by
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With the additions of Casey Kotchman and Victor Martinez, the Red Sox have a lot of flexibility in their lineups. What’s the best lineup to be putting out there on a nightly basis? If it were up to me, I’d do this:
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Martinez C/1B
Youkilis 3B
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Twins - Acquired Pavano
August 07, 2009 by
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Twins - Acquired P Karlheinz Pavano from the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named.
On the upside for Pavano, he's shown that the possibility exists that he can throw more than 20 pitches without needing expensive surgery that results in him being out for 18 months. On the...
Week 17 thoughts
August 03, 2009 by
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I hope I counted the number of weeks it’s been correctly…
Anyway, jumping right into the recap (all stats are for since the All-Star break).
The Good
Derrek Lee: .349/.425/.651. He’s just been on a tear since the beginning of May. I’ve said it before...
THT (Jaffe, again!): New day coming for SABR?
August 03, 2009 by
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Five Reasons Crooked Umpire Bill Hohn Should Be Tossed From Baseball
July 30, 2009 by
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How about Putting in the Best Lineup?
July 29, 2009 by
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Make sure to play Nick Green every other day. Give David Ortiz a day off from his strenuous DH role. Wait until JD Drew starts hitting, then sit him down for a night. Whatever you do, don’t put your best lineup on the field on any given night. This team is acting (again) like...
Giants - Acquired Sanchez
July 29, 2009 by
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San Francisco Giants - Acquired 2B Freddy Sanchez from the Pittsburgh Pirates for P Tim Alderson.
Geez, maybe the Pirates should have thrown in Jack Wilson to San Fran instead and gotten Madison Bumgarner as a throw-in?
What's the difference between the Philadelphia and San Francisco...
Mariners - Acquired Wilson and Snell
July 29, 2009 by
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Seattle Mariners - Acquired SS Jack Wilson and P Ian Snell from the Pittsburgh Pirates for C-DH Jeff Clement, SS Ronny Cedeno, P Aaron Pribanic, P Brett Lorin, and P Nathan Adcock.
Given the half-hearted way the Mariners included Clement in their future plans, the only surprising...
Phils - Acquired Lee
July 29, 2009 by
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Philadelphia Phillies - Acquired P Cliff Lee from the Cleveland Indians for P Carlos Carrasco, P Jason Knapp, C Lou Marson, and SS Jason Donald
Something like this was almost considered a fait accompli after the Halladay-to-Philly trade fell through. Lee's not the pitcher that...
Giants - Acquired Garko
July 29, 2009 by
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San Francisco Giants - Acquired 1B Ryan Garko from the Cleveland Indians for P Scott Barnes.
Garko has established himself as your basic run-of-the-mill league-average 1B. He's not going to hit 30 home runs or slug .550 or steal you 7 or 8 runs a year with the glove, but you can...
LA Times (Plaschke): Dodgers’ tribute to Vin Scully needs to be a home run
July 29, 2009 by
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Cubs in first place —for now
July 26, 2009 by
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A bit of a milestone today, so I thought I’d open up a thread for discussion.
With the Cubs completing their sweep of the Reds today, and the Phillies completing theirs over the Cardinals, the Cubs are in first place by a half game. They had not led the division since April...
Transaction Oracle Guidelines for Associated Press quotes
July 25, 2009 by
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In light of the Associated Press’s revival of the attempt to license use of material that would otherwise clearly fall within the fair use exceptions of the Copyright Act of 1976, I felt it was a good time to clarify how the Associated Press may use any and all intellectual property...
Red Sox Trade Deadline Thread
July 24, 2009 by
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I like the deal of Lugo, the deal to get LaRoche for very little, and the DFA of Kotsay (who has really been a poor fit for this team since last year, when he took away Casey’s spot). Will anything else happen before the deadline? The Red Sox have a ton of pitching depth to deal...
Cardinals - Acquired Holliday
July 24, 2009 by
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St. Louis Cardinals - Acquired OF Matt Holliday and $1.5 million from the Oakland Athletics for 3B Brett
Wallace, P Clayton Mortensen and OF Shane Petersen
I've said that in the last year or so, the A's long-term plan has seemed a little muddled and some of the moves a little...
Cardinals/Red Sox - Swapped Duncan/Lugo
July 23, 2009 by
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St. Louis Cardinals - Acquired SS Julio Lugo from the Boston Red Sox for 1B-OF Chris Duncan.
Lugo's been terrible defensively in limited time at shortstop, but I think the Red Sox were too quick to push him out the door. They don't have much depth at SS and Lowrie's ability...
Thank goodness for the Nationals
July 22, 2009 by
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There isn’t much point to doing a full recap after only 4 games, even if all 4 were wins. Then again, they were only wins against the Nats and everything from the series should be taken with a grain of salt. That being said, there were several very encouraging developments...
Red Sox - Acquired Ad. LaRoche
July 22, 2009 by
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Boston Red Sox - Acquired 1B Adam LaRoche from the Pittsburgh Pirates for SS Argenis Diaz and P Hunter Strickland
It's hardly a haul for the Pirates, but I still don't particularly like this move for the Red Sox. While he's had big runs down the stretch the last few years...
Orioles - Acquired Meredith
July 19, 2009 by
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Baltimore Orioles - Acquired P Cla Meredith from the San Diego Padres for 1B-OF Oscar Salazar
Oscar Salazar has been absolutely killing the balling the last couple of years (a 316/371/512 is a tremendous line for Norfolk), but his unimpressive minor league career in his 20s have scared...
Orioles - Acquired Meredith
July 19, 2009 by
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Baltimore Orioles - Acquired P Cla Meredith from the San Diego Padres for 1B-OF Oscar Salazar
Oscar Salazar has been absolutely killing the balling the last couple of years (a 316/371/512 is a tremendous line for Norfolk), but his unimpressive minor league career in his 20s have scared...
Brewers - Acquired Lopez
July 19, 2009 by
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Milwaukee Brewers - Acquired 2B Felipe Lopez from the Arizona Diamondbacks for OF Cole Gillespie and P Roque Mercedes
Not much has gone right for Arizona this season but the Lopez signing was one of them. Lopez has been almost as good as Hudson this season and required no long-term...
Brewers - Acquired Lopez
July 19, 2009 by
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Milwaukee Brewers - Acquired 2B Felipe Lopez from the Arizona Diamondbacks for OF Cole Gillespie and P Roque Mercedes
Not much has gone right for Arizona this season but the Lopez signing was one of them. Lopez has been almost as good as Hudson this season and required no long-term...
2009 ZiPS Projection Disk Emergency Update
July 17, 2009 by
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Sometimes, a final disk isn't quite a final disk.
Rod Miller has informed me of an extremely serious error in the final disk. I have Randy Johnson's splits reversed, causing him to be tougher against righties than lefties. I've uploaded a new copy of the final disk here...
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